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SWING GATE. APPLICATION FILED 00T.22,1906.

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. GLEMEYTS, OF ABINGDON, ILLINOIS liUi TElt, UNIC FOUHTII TO CHARLES W. OLEMENJS, ALL OF AIBINGDQN, ILLIN SWING-GATE Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 22,1906. Serial No. 340,002.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1, lanes A. CLEMENTS, a citizen of .the United States, residing at Abing of Knox and State of Illinois, have invented certain 5 new and useful Improvements in Swing-Gates; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description 01' the invention, such as skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved swing for operating the same, and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement 01' 'inat'ter described and claimed.

The objects of my invention are to provide a swing gate, which is simple in construction and et'tective in operation, to effect improvements in the construction of the gate whereby the same may be raised and low ered at will; and to provide improved means whereby the gate may be opened and closed, either manually or Irom a vehicle without rendering alight from the same.

111 the accompanying drawings,-Iigure l is a side embodying my improvements;

Fig 2 is a top plan view of the same; Fig.

elevation, partly in section, of a portion of the gate;

Fi 4 is a similar view of the ate-o cratin 'ear' and CI C! C) 7 elevation of the gate Fig. 5 is a detail view of the latch.

and that tudinal bar 7, and the central cross 1 bars 3, 4t, 5, 6, is preferably made of angle steel ends of the bars 5, 6, are pivot-ally connected to the bars 3, 4, as at S). The ends of the bar 7 nectcd to the bars 3, *l. as at 10.

port 9 is pivotally connected to the The foregoingdescribed bars constitute the frame of the gate, and the gate may be also provided with wires, as

indicated at 13. 13 y thus pivotally of the gate together, the outer ends raised small animals to pass under the gate. erably, and is here shown as a tube.

near the outer end thereof, is a collar 14, diameter of which slightly exceeds the diameter of the bar 7. Said collar is slidable on said bar vided with an eye .15

in any suitable manner, as at 17.

he post to which the gate is hung is indicated at 1, against; which the gate opens is indicated at 2. The post against which the gate closes is indicated at A. The gate comprises the vertical inner and 4, the top and bottom bars 5, 6, the intermediate longi- The bar 8 is plvotally connected to the bars 5, ti and 7, as at .l],

and lowered, as may be required to swing ircely over an uneven surface or other obstruction or to permit on its upper side to which is hingedly connected a truss rod 16, the opposite end of the said truss rod being secured to the bar Set the don, in the county will enable others gate and means devices hereit necessary to 3 is a detail outer bars 3,

)arS. Each of the The are pivotally conand a supbars 5, 7, as at 12.

:onnecting the bars of the gate may be The bar 7 is pret- On the said bar,

'position, either horizontal or inclined.

the inner and is progate, The tension of the truss rod on the upper side of the collar 14 causes the lat- ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES W.

ROBERTSON, AND ONE-FOURTH TO ALBERT It.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

ter to tilt somewhat, so thatits upper and lower sides frictionall y engage the bar 7 an d the said collar thereby becomes adj ustiably locked to the bar 7 and coacts therewith and wi th the truss rod 16 to support the gate in any It is obvious that the gate may have its free or outer end either raised or lowered at will, and that it may be held in any by causing the The hinges 18, by

l'orm post 2.

engage l the O11 the upper end of the post 1 is secured a frame 22, which is provided with bearings for a horizontal shaft 23 and a vertical shaft 24. The shaft 23 carries a beveled segment gear 25 and an operating bar which are rigidly secured thereto. The said bar 26 extends from the said shaft in opposite directions.

The upper end of the shaft 24 has a horizontally-disposed arm 27. secured a beveled 25. An operating arm 29, which is here shown posed horizontally above the inner portion of the is hingedly secured to the arm 27 which enables arm to move freely up or down with the gate, Said arm is provided near its free or slot 31. A rock-shalt 32 is disposed vertically To the lower portion of said shaft is gear 28, which engages the segment d isgate said etc.

outer end with a and mounted in hearings on the front or outer side of the support 9. Said rock-shalt has an arm 33, jects forwardly therefrom, and is which provided at its 11 propper

end with a preferably rearward]y-projecting crank arm 34, which in line with the arm 33, and has an upardly-extending wrist 31. A chain wire, cord, or other suitable flexible nccting element 37, has one end attached to the 33 and the other end attached to the latch the latch is operated.

It will be understood that when the bar the gears 25, 28, turned, and said arm, causes the gate an open or a closed position. At the initial mover 35, which operates in the slot con'- arm 30, whereby 26 is turned, cause the operating arm 29 to be to be swung to nent of said arm 29, the same causes the rock-shaft 32 to turn slightly, 33 thcreot' will cause said arm to draw upon the or other flexible connection 37 and cause the latt trip the latch 20, and hence release the gate.

so that the angular movement of the arm cord or to Within the scope of my invention, any suitable means may be employed to operate the bar 26, a do not desireto limit myself in this particular. obvious that the gate may be opened or closed manu 11d I It is ally,

since it is only necessary for the operator to trip the latch by hand in order to permit the gate to be swung to a closed or open position.

At suitable points on opposite sides of the gate vehicle-wheel-opcrating devices 39 are provided to enable the gate to be automatically opened and closed as a vehicle approaches or recedes from the same and hence render it unnecessary to alight from the vehicle in order to operate the gate. Each of the said vehicle-wheeloperating devices is here shown as a rock-shaft 40, mounted in bearings ll on a base plate 42, and provided with a crank 43 for operation by the wheel when the latter passes over it, and with a crank-arm 44-. The crank arms are connected to opposite ends of the operating bar 26 by rods 45, which pass through pivoted eye-bolts or other devices 46 near the ends of the said bar 26, operate loosely therein and are provided on opposite sides of said bar 26 with counteracting spring cushions 47, which are held in place on said rods, and the tension of which may be regulated by means of nuts 48. As a vehicle approaches the gate, it will be guided so as to cause one of its wheels to pass over one of the cranks 43 and thereby turn one of the rock-shafts 39 and cause the crank-arm 44 thereof to move the rod attached thereto longitudinally, and cause said rod to turn the bar 26 and cause the gate to open. As the vehicle recedes from the gate alter passing through the gateway, one of its wheels will be caused to strike the crank 43 ot' the other rock-shalt, and hence the gate will be operated in the reverse direction and closed. The counteracting springs 17 cushion the bar 26 and prevent undue stress from being exerted against said bar, the gate operating gears and the operating rod 45 by the sudden movement of the rock-shaft 40 by the vehicle wheels.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is,-

1. A swinging gate having a latch, in combination with gate operating mechanism mounted on the gate support and having a pair of intermeshing gears, one provided with means whereby it may be turned, and the other having a vertical shaft provided with an operating arm projecting radially therefrom and substantially in line with the gate,

and connections between said operating arm and the and the latch thereof to cause said arm to operate latch and swing said gate, substantially as described;

2. In combination with a swinging gate and the supporting element therefor, a pair of intermeshing gears mounted on said supporting element, one having means whereby it may be turned, and the other having a vertical shaft and an operating arm projecting radially therefrom and extending over the inner portion of the gate and substantially in line therewith, a vertically-mounted shaft carried by the gate and having a crank-arm pivotally and slidably connected to the operating arm, a latch for the gate, and connections between said latch and said crankshaft to operate said latch when the crank-shaft is turned by said operating arm, the latter and the crank-shaft also coacting to swing the gate in either direction, substantially described.

3. In combination with a gate post and a swinging gate hung thereon. a frame on said post, a pair of beveled intermeshing gears mounted in said frame, one having means whereby it may be turned, and the other having a vertical shaft and a radially-disposed operating arm projecting from said shaft over the inner end of the gate, said arm having a longitudinal slot, at vertically-disposed rock-shaft mounted on and carried by the gate and having a crank provided with a \Vl'ISl. pivot-ally and slidably engaging the slot of the operating arm, a latch also carried by the gate. and an opei ting connection between said latch and said rock-shaft, for the purpose set forth.

In combination with a swinging gate and operating means therefor, including a pair of intermeshing gears, one having an operating bar, gate operating devices at points on opposite sides of the gate, rods operated by 'said. gate operating devices and slidably connected to the operating bar at points near the ends thereof, and cushioning springs connecting said rods and said bar, for the purpose set forth.

In combination with a swinging gate and inter-meshing operating gears therefor, one having an operating bar,

gate said rock-shafts mounted at points at opposite sides of the.

gate, and having cranks for operation by the wheels of a vehicle, rods operated by said r0ck-shatts and slidably connected to said operating bar, and cushioning springs between said rods and said operating bar, for the purpose set forth. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES A. CLEMENTS.

Witnesses W. F. Eonoxsov,

C. W. ROBERTSON. 

